If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands. (clap clap)
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands. (clap clap)
If you're happy and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands. (clap clap)
Most people grew up singing this diddy in school and summer camp. Few people think about the words though.
The song implies that it’s possible to be happy, but not know it. If you’re happy and you don’t know it, are you happy? I’m not sure.
If happiness is simply the lack of sadness, fear, and anger then it may be possible to be happy and not realize it. This view implies that happiness is a default baseline emotion, which we revert to when we’re not feeling something negative.
I’m not sure I entirely buy that though. I think many people wander through life in a blah state of neutral, neither happy nor sad. Happiness, real happiness, may be a conscious choice. If so, and I think this is likely, then knowing you’re happy may be a necessary part of the definition of happiness.
If you’re happy and you don’t know it, are you happy? Leave your thoughts below.
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